Volume: 13 Issue: 2
Year: 2025, Page: 100-104, Doi: https://doi.org/10.47799/pimr.1302.25.37
Received: May 7, 2025 Accepted: July 28, 2025 Published: Aug. 4, 2025
Background: When patients cannot stand or only partial remains are available, stature must be estimated from limb dimensions. The ulna is a practical choice because its bony landmarks are sub-cutaneous and its length stabilises by late adolescence. Objective: To derive sex-specific regression equations for predicting stature from percutaneous ulna length in Maharashtrian adolescents aged 17–19 years. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 70 first-year MBBS students (40 males, 30 females) at Government Medical College, Dharashiv. Standing height was taken with a Harpenden stadiometer. Ulna length—olecranon tip to ulnar styloid—was measured on both sides with a digital calliper; individual skin-fold thickness was deducted to approximate true bone length, and the two sides were averaged. Pearson’s correlation quantified the height–ulna relationship; ordinary least-squares regression generated prediction equations, which were internally validated by 1000-sample bootstrap resampling. Results: Boys averaged 165.9 ± 4.4 cm in height and 27.28 ± 1.10 cm in ulna length; girls averaged 155.4 ± 3.9 cm and 24.79 ± 1.02 cm, respectively (both p < 0.001). Height correlated strongly with ulna length (r = 0.79 in boys, 0.73 in girls). The derived equations were: Boys – Stature = 58.98 + 3.92 × Ulna; Girls – Stature = 37.08 + 4.78 × Ulna. Standard error of estimate was ~2.7 cm, and 83 % of male and 80 % of female predictions lay within ±5 cm of actual height. Conclusion: Percutaneous ulna length offers a quick, low-cost and acceptably accurate proxy for stature in Maharashtrian late-adolescents. The present sex-specific formulas can help clinical nutrition, anthropometry and forensic identification, though periodic re-validation in broader youth samples is advised.
Keywords: Body Height, Ulna, Anthropometry, Adolescent, Regression Analysis, India
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Peerzade MS, Hiroli W, Fulari S, Chakre G, Masaram N. Correlation Between Living Stature and Ulna Length in Maharashtrian Adolescents Aged 17–19 Years: A Cross-sectional Study. Perspectives in Medical Research. 2025;13(2):100-104
DOI: 10.47799/pimr.1302.25.37